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Ms. White,
I'm curious, did you see a photo or copy of the 1820 census, or was it an index?
I'm wondering if maybe they were neighbors in Indiana, which the actual census might indicate.
I have indications that Henry was in the Dayton Ohio area, & that also he & his wife may have married there (Pertle Co. 1808).
And thus I'm curious that your family may have known my family, & even migrated with them.
I'm VERY interested in your Dayton area connections (& time period), as well as Sullivan Co., Indiana.
I don't show any Shroyer marriages to FRENCHs. But I bet they migrated together.
I have very little info. for that far back.
Let me enclose some more info. in case it sheds any more light on things. This info. below is recently new to me (thanks to Ken Reed).
...............Don French.......
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June. 22, 1897 Tuesday Sullivan Democrat
- Harrison French An Old and Much Respected Citizen of Sullivan County Passes Away.- Mr. Harrison French died Saturday morning after a two days illness at the home of his daughter Mrs. F. E. Basler. Mr. French has been in feeble health for the past year but was able to be out and attend to his business affairs until last Thursday when he came in from his farm and was taken very sick.
Harrison French was born in Gill's Prairie, in Sullivan County, Indiana, on April 6, 1819 and died June 16, 1897.
Harrison was a son of General Henry French who was born in Dayton, Ohio. His father (Henry) was a blacksmith and went to Canada to follow his trade. Shortly afterwards, he returned to Dayton where he was married, He and his wife soon afterward moved to this county and settled on what is now known as Gill's Prairie. We are unable to give the exact date, but it was probably early in the present century, probably previous to the war of 1812. At that time there was no settlement in the county except a few huts at Carlisle. There was not a road in the county, nothing but the Indian trail that led from the Old Post to Lafayette, which followed the Wabash river. He lived to see the old state road established and the stage route. The only possible outlet for any product was by flat boat on the Wabash.
There were many outbreaks of the Indians at that time, and the Territorial Governor (General Harrison) commissioned him as General conferring on him power to raise recruits and resist any aggression of the savages. He reared a family of eight children; six sons and two daughters, all of whom are dead except Henry French. They were a sturdy family of remarkable longevity....
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